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The Princess Diaries

2001 G 1h 55m Comedy, Family, Romance Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$108M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.73x
Opening → Total
Budget
$26.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$165M
$57.1M international
2001 Rank
#19
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 3-5 3 $22.9M $22.9M 2,537 $9K 1
Aug 10-12 3 $14.2M -37.8% $52.1M 2,706 $5K 2
Aug 17-19 5 $9.6M -32.4% $70.2M 2,726 $4K 3
Aug 24-26 7 $6.6M -31.3% $82.4M 2,749 $2K 4
Aug 31-Sep 2 6 $5.7M -13.2% $91.0M 2,690 $2K 5
Sep 7-9 9 $3.4M -41.2% $97.0M 2,410 $1K 6
Sep 14-16 11 $2.5M -26.1% $100.1M 2,155 $1K 7
Sep 21-23 12 $1.9M -21.8% $102.6M 1,988 $980 8
Sep 28-30 13 $1.3M -35.6% $104.4M 1,651 $759 9
Oct 5-7 15 $613K -51.1% $105.3M 1,001 $612 10
Oct 12-14 18 $358K -41.5% $105.9M 581 $616 11
Oct 19-21 22 $212K -40.8% $106.2M 357 $593 12
Oct 26-28 33 $113K -46.8% $106.4M 227 $497 13
Nov 2-4 36 $103K -8.9% $106.5M 154 $667 14
Nov 9-11 24 $267K +160.0% $106.8M 313 $853 15
Nov 16-18 20 $256K -4.2% $107.2M 358 $715 16
Nov 23-25 21 $261K +1.8% $107.6M 354 $736 17
Nov 30-Dec 2 26 $141K -45.7% $107.8M 301 $470 18
Dec 7-9 28 $94K -33.4% $107.9M 240 $392 19
Dec 14-16 38 $68K -27.9% $108.0M 176 $385 20
Dec 21-23 44 $35K -48.1% $108.1M 116 $304 21
Dec 28-30 46 $44K +24.5% $108.2M 103 $426 22

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byGarry Marshall
ScreenplayGina Wendkos
StarringAnne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo, Caroline Goodall, Héctor Elizondo, Robert Schwartzman
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures